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Newsletter 194 – October 2014

The following is from Martin Forwood from Cumbrians Opposed to a Radioactive Environment (CORE) – http://www.corecumbria.co.uk/newsapp/pressreleases/pressmain.asp?StrNewsID=343 Following concerns raised earlier this year about the direction currently being taken by the Ofﬁce for Nuclear Regulation (ONR), the announcement this week in the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority’s E-Bulletin of 27th August that the Office for Nuclear Regulation has…

‘The European Commission yesterday gave Britain the green light for a huge government subsidy that will open the way for the ﬁrst atomic power stations to be built for more than nearly 20 years. EDF believes the project will cost £16bn but the EC claimed construction costs alone by the time the plant is built…

Readers of our News 193 will know that, based on the Office of Nuclear Regulation’s decisions, the revised Sizewell Emergency Evacuation Plan is hopelessly inadequate. We now learn from the draft minutes of a Special Sub-group meeting on 10th September organised by the Sizewell Stakeholder Group at which ONR, EDF, SCC Emergency Planning, Public Health…

‘More safety questions have been raised over Britain’s ageing nuclear reactors after cracks were found in bricks that make up the reactor core at EDF Energy’s Hunterston B power station. The French state-backed company insisted that the cracks at the 38-year old reactor in North Ayrshire were to be expected and did not pose any…

Readers of News 193 will be aware of our concerns about the integrity of the Sizewell B reactor pressure vessel in the light of weaknesses found in two similar plants in Belgium, namely Doel 3 and Tihange 2. The Belgian safety regulator FANC revealed that, because of irradiation of the vessel bodies, it had ordered…

Readers of News 193 will know that the Government Department for Environment and Climate Change is offering a bribe of £40m to any community willing to consider an underground nuclear waste dump in their area, with no strings attached. The Government has now asked Radioactive Waste Management Ltd to undertake a national geological screening exercise…

‘Solar power will reach commercial “take-off” within a decade and displace fossil fuels to become the world’s biggest source of electricity by 2050, according to stunning new forecasts from the International Energy Agency. The IEA said the cost of photovoltaic panels would continue to plummet. Solar has already achieved “socket parity” for consumers in a…